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The dominant name for the subculture during the 1950s was hoods, in reference to their upturned collars, with many also calling them J.D.s (abbreviated from juvenile delinquents). [8] Within Greater Baltimore during the 1950s and early 1960s, greasers were colloquially referred to as drapes and drapettes. [12] [13] [14]
Greaser was a derogatory term for a Mexican in what is now the U.S. Southwest in the 19th century. The slur likely derived from what was considered one of the lowliest occupations typically held by Mexicans, the greasing of the axles of wagons; they also greased animal hides that were taken to California where Mexicans loaded them onto clipper ships (a greaser).
They Called Them Greasers: Anglo Attitudes Toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821–1900 (U of Texas Press, 1983). De León, Arnoldo, and Kenneth L. Stewart. "Tejano Demographic Patterns and Socio-economic Development," Borderlands Journal 7 (Fall 1983) García, Mario T. Desert Immigrants: The Mexicans of El Paso, 1880–1920 (Yale UP, 1981).
They are a youth subculture that emerged in the 1950s and early 1960s from predominantly working class and lower-class teenagers and young adults in the United States and Canada. The subculture remained prominent into the mid-1960s and was particularly embraced by certain ethnic groups in urban areas , particularly Italian Americans , Hispanic ...
They Called Them Greasers: Anglo Attitudes toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821–1900 (Austin, 1983) De León, Arnoldo. Mexican Americans in Texas: A Brief History, 2nd ed. (1999) García, Richard A. Rise of the Mexican American Middle Class: San Antonio, 1929-1941 1991; Montejano, David. Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836-1986 (1987)
He called Parkinson into his dressing room where they had what Hallstrom recalls as "a huge screaming fight." When Parkinson stormed out in a huff, one of Barker's assistants chased after her and ...
They Called Them Greasers: Anglo Attitudes toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821–1900 (Austin, 1983) De León, Arnoldo. Mexican Americans in Texas: A Brief History, 2nd ed. (1999) De León, Arnoldo. “Whither Tejano History: Origins, Development, and Status,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 106 (January 2003) 349–364. historiography
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